Rios & Associates

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
ATTORNEYS AT LAW

 
  Attorneys

Jerry L. Rios, born July 25, 1960; admitted to Texas Bar, 1986, Texas; also admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Legal education, Texas Tech University and University of Texas. AV-Rated, Martindale Hubbell Law Directory. Member: Transportation Insurance Defense Association (T.I.D.A.); DRI: The Voice of the Defense Bar Committees: Transportation and Product Liability; Former Certified Fraud Examiner, National Association of Fraud Examiners. General Counsel to Texas Chapter of Special Investigation Units (T.A.S.I.U.). Instructor: National Insurance Crime Bureau (N.I.C.B.), Advanced Special Investigator Academy. Former member of State Bar of Texas Grievance and Unauthorized Practice of Law Committees. Member: Houston Bar Association and American Bar Associations.

Lancelot Olinde, Jr., born Washington, D.C., June 27, 1957; admitted to Texas bar, 1985; also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas.  Preparatory education, Louisiana State University (B.A. 1981); legal education, South Texas College of Law (J.D. 1985.  Order of the Lytae).  Member: State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association and Austin Bar Association.  Appointed as Briefing Attorney for Hon. James Lee Carroll, Austin Court of Appeals 1985-1986.  Trained mediator, A. A. White Dispute Resolution Center.  Lecturer for National Business Institute on handling uninsured and underinsured motorist claims.  Frequent speaker on trade secret litigation.  With over 50 jury verdicts, he has an extensive background in handling complex litigation for clients in various industries, including transportation, insurance, manufacturing, construction, and engineering. 

Lori Symmes, born Milwaukee, WI, March 18, 1974. Admitted to Texas Bar, 2011. Preparatory education, Sam Houston State University (B.S. 1997, Summa Cum Laude, Ranked first in graduating class); Post-Graduate Education, University of Houston-Clear Lake (M.A. in Clinical Psychology, 2005); Legal education, University of Houston Law Center (J.D. 2010).  Member of the University of Houston Law Center Interscholastic Mock Trial Team.  Member: State Bar of Texas and DRI: The Voice of the Defense Bar. Legal Advocate Member of International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU) and Texas Association of Special Investigation Units, Inc. (TASIU).

Gregory A. Scott (Of Counsel), born Racine, Wisconsin, June 30, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas; also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Western, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas.  Preparatory education, Southwest Texas State University (B.A. 1982), University of Texas at Arlington (Masters of Arts Political Science, 1984) and Unversity of Texas at Arlington (second Master of Arts Degree in History 1996); Legal education, St. Mary's University School of Law.  Member: State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association, Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Dallas Bar Association and the Dallas Association of Defense Counsel.  Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

 

 
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